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    City Comptroller Aims to Stop Astoria Fuel-Powered Peaker Plant

    Environmental Impact  •  Astoria, Queens

    Image Credit: Office of the Comptroller

    Comptroller Stringer sent the letter in opposition to the Astoria Replacement Project because of the project’s reliance on fracked gas. On September 4, 2020, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer sent a letter to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Environmental Permits urging the DEC to review the NRG Energy’s Astoria Replacement Project. Comptroller Stringer raised concerns about the project due to the wellbeing and of Astoria residents and the project’s environmental impact. (read more…)

    Tags : Astoria, Astoria Power Plant, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, environmental review
    Date:10/06/2020
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Coney Island Redevelopment Clears Judicial Hurdle

    City of New York  •  Coney Island, Brooklyn

    Community group challenged City’s 47-acre Coney Island rezoning. In 2007, the City unveiled a comprehensive rezoning plan for the redevelopment of a 47-acre portion of Coney Island, Brooklyn. The plan sought to revitalize the iconic beachfront amusement area by transforming it into a year-round amusement and entertainment destination alongside new residential and retail uses. The proposal included rezoning nineteen blocks in order to permit new residential and hotel development around a 27-acre amusement and entertainment district. The plan also called for demapping nine acres of parkland to provide new housing and for creating fifteen acres of newly mapped parkland.

    During the plan’s environmental review, the City revised the proposal by reducing the amount of new parkland from fifteen to nine acres. The City Planning Commission approved the plan and a final environmental impact statement in June 2009, and the City Council approved the plan the following month. 6 CityLand 104 (Aug. 15, 2009). (read more…)

    Tags : Brooklyn Community Board 13, City Planning Commission, Coney Island Plan, Coney Island rezoning, environmental review, FEIS, Save Coney Island Inc.
    Date:06/15/2010
    Category : Court Decisions
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